Guitar aid

Abstract

A guitar aid enables a user to selectively position and control tension and angle of a guitar pick for a richer sound with decreased strain on the user's hand and fingers. The guitar aid can includes a ring member defining an opening sized and shaped to fit around a finger of a user and a pick retainer unitarily formed with the ring member and configured to secure a guitar pick therein. The pick retainer can include first, second, and third retentions arms extending outwardly from the ring member and defining pick receiving channels configured to receive and secure a guitar pick therein. The guitar aid can also include at least one retention nub extending upwardly from and unitarily formed with the ring member, the retention nub being configured to contact a body of the guitar pick when the guitar pick is positioned within the pick receiving channels.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A guitar pick holding device, comprising:
 a ring member defining an opening sized and shaped to fit around a finger of a user, the ring member comprising a flexible material enabling a size of the opening to be adjusted; 
 a pick retainer unitarily formed with the ring member, the pick retainer comprising first, second, and third retentions arms extending outwardly from the ring member and defining pick receiving channels configured to receive and secure a guitar pick therein; and 
 at least one retention nub extending upwardly from and unitarily formed with the ring member, the retention nub configured to contact a body of the guitar pick when the guitar pick is positioned within the pick receiving channels. 
 
     
     
       2. The guitar aid of  claim 1 , wherein the at least one retention nub comprises two retention nubs. 
     
     
       3. The guitar aid of  claim 2 , wherein the two upward retention nubs comprise a generally inverted V-shaped configuration. 
     
     
       4. The guitar aid of  claim 2 , wherein the two retention nubs are symmetrically arranged on opposing sides of one of the retention arms. 
     
     
       5. The guitar aid of  claim 1 , wherein the ring member defines an arc having a pair of opposed ends. 
     
     
       6. The guitar aid of  claim 5 , wherein the opposed ends are laterally offset from each other. 
     
     
       7. The guitar aid of  claim 1 , wherein the retention arms each comprise a solid construct. 
     
     
       8. The guitar aid of  claim 1 , wherein the first retention arm and the second retention arm extend outwardly from the ring member in a first direction and the third retention arm extends outwardly from the ring member in an opposite direction from the first direction. 
     
     
       9. The guitar aid of  claim 8 , wherein the third retention arm is positioned between and generally equidistant from the first retention arm and the second retention arm. 
     
     
       10. The guitar aid of  claim 8 , wherein the at least one retention nub includes two retention nubs, and wherein a first retention nub is positioned between the first retention arm and the third retention arm and a second retention nub is positioned between the second retention arm and the third retention arm. 
     
     
       11. A guitar pick holding device, comprising:
 a ring member defining an opening sized and shaped to fit around a finger of a user, the ring member comprising a flexible material enabling a size of the opening to be adjusted; and 
 a pick retainer unitarily formed with the ring member, the pick retainer comprising first, second, and third retentions arms extending outwardly from the ring member and defining pick receiving channels configured to receive and secure a guitar pick therein, wherein the first retention arm and the second retention arm extend outwardly from the ring member in a first direction and the third retention arm extends outwardly from the ring member in an opposite direction from the first direction. 
 
     
     
       12. The guitar aid of  claim 11 , wherein the ring member defines an arc having a pair of opposed ends that are laterally offset from each other. 
     
     
       13. The guitar aid of  claim 11 , wherein the retention arms each comprise a solid construct. 
     
     
       14. The guitar aid of  claim 11 , wherein the third retention arm is positioned between and generally equidistant from the first retention arm and the second retention arm. 
     
     
       15. A guitar pick holding device, comprising:
 a ring member defining an opening sized and shaped to fit around a finger of a user, the ring member comprising a flexible material enabling a size of the opening to be adjusted; 
 a pick retainer configured to receive and secure a guitar pick therein; and 
 at least one retention nub extending upwardly from and unitarily formed with the ring member, the at least one retention nub configured to contact a body of the guitar pick when the guitar pick is positioned within the pick retainer, wherein the at least one retention nub comprises two retention nubs. 
 
     
     
       16. The guitar aid of  claim 15 , wherein the two upward retention nubs comprise a generally inverted V-shaped configuration. 
     
     
       17. The guitar aid of  claim 15 , wherein the two retention nubs are symmetrically with respect to the pick retainer. 
     
     
       18. The guitar aid of  claim 15 , wherein the ring member defines an arc having a pair of opposed ends that are laterally offset from each other. 
     
     
       19. The guitar aid of  claim 15 , wherein the pick retainer is unitarily formed with the ring member.